Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky was born on March 21st 1839 in Karovo Russia and died March 28th 1881 in St. Petersburg. Mussorgsky was born into a family of landed gentry who lived in an estate a few hundred miles outside of Saint Petersburg. As was the case in many well to do Russian families of the period his mother was musical and taught him the rudiments of the piano and music at an early age. Mussorgsky was sent to a military school in St. Petersburg to train to become an officer. The regimen in a Russian military academy was brutal, drinking and gambling was common place for even... Read More

City Of Origin:

Karevo, Pskov

Genre:

Classical, Romantic

Birthdate:

03/21/1839

Death date:

03/28/1881

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